Water-bag



W. H. DALY;

(No Model.)

WATER BAG.

No. 543,177. Patented July 23,1395.

u III Wm mmm I am William Eflay UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. DALY, 0E BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY.

WATER-BAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters'Patent No. 543,177, dated July 23,1895. I Application filed NovemherZS, 1894. Serial No. 530,210. (inmateTo all whom it may concern/.2

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. DALY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bayonne, in the county of Hudson and State of .lartherapeutic appliances for the local appli-' cation of heat or cold tothe body.

The-object of the invention is to enable the operator or user toconveniently handle the bulky bag containing the hot or cold fluid andto hold it for a more or less prolonged period without difficulty on thedesired portion of the body.

In carrying out my invention'I provide a liquid-proof bag constructed ofa material capable of withstanding the temperatures to which the bag issubjected in service without leakage, and so construct it that theoperator or user may secure it to the hand. For this purpose the bag maybe constructed in the form of a mitten or glove, or may have anonconducting backing of flexible material secured to it, or may beprovided with straps or a handle by which it may be gripped by the hand.i

With these objects in view the invention comprises a liquid-proof bagadapted to be filled with or emptied of a liquid and provided with meansfor holding it in the hand.

7 The several features of novelty of the invention will be moreparticularly hereinafter described, and will be definitelyindicated inthe claims appended to this specification.

trate the invention, Figure 1 is a plan view of one form of theinvention, and Fig. 2 is a section of the same on a plane indicated bythe line w y, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan View of a modification of theinvention, and Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the same. Fig. 5 is a planview of another modification, and Fig. 6 is a sectional view of thesame.

In Fig. 1 the device comprises a hollow glove or mitten provided with aspace between its inner and outer walls a a and with a protruding neckor funnel .b at a suitable point, in which fits a screw plug or stopper0, by removing which the bag may be filled with liquid. The hand maythen be inserted within the mittenshaped space in the interior and thebag applied locallyand held in place without material discomfort to theoperator. In lieu of having the space to receive the hand entirelysurrounded by water one side of the bag may be provided with a glove ormitten shaped receptacle for the hand, or straps may be secured thereto,as indicated atdd in Fig. 3, and the surface of the bag next to thehandmay be covered with a heat-non-conducting fabric, as felt, as indicatedat e. In the form 'show n in Fig. 1 the inner wall of the mitten mayalso be lined with felt.

In some cases, also, it is desirable to mitigate the intensity of theheat upon the surface to which it is applied, and in such cases the bagmay be provided with a felt or other poor heat-conducting surface, asindicated atf inFig. 4E.

. In lieu of the straps d d indicated in Fig. 3 a non-conducting backingofwood, as indicated at gin Fig. 6, may be provided and rigid metalstraps h h be secured to the wooden backing.

Tho filling-orifice b, when the bag is in the form of a mitten, willpreferably be located at the open end, so as not to form an incumbranceto theuse of the device.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, isv 1. The device for local application ofheat or cold to any part of the body at the will of the patient hereindescribed, consisting of a water proof receptacle, for holding waterformed and constructed to be attached to the human hand and supplied onits exterior with In the accompanying drawings, which illus- .rialapplied over that part of the wall of the receptacle designed to comenext the palm of the hand, for protecting the same, substantially asshown and specified.

3. A water proof receptacle, having means for filling and emptying thesame, and a cavity outside of the liquid-containing cavity,

adapted by size and form for the insertion of the human hand, wherebythe said water holding receptacle may be conveniently applied at will toportions of the body of the user, and thus impart or abstract heat to orfrom the part so treated in a measure gov erued by the sensations of theuser, for hygienic purposes, substantially as shown and specified.

4:. A Water bag, forming a cavity into which hot or cold liquids can beintroduced, provided on one side with a glove or mitten-shapedreceptacle formed to fit the human hand, whereby the said water bag maybe applied by the hand of the user to portions of the body for thepurpose of imparting heat thereto or abstracting it therefrom in ameasure governed by the sensations of the user, substantially asdescribed.

5. A Waterbag, formingacavity into which hot or cold liquids can beintroduced, provided on one side with a glove or mitten shapedreceptacle formed to fit the human hand, the

side of the said water bag next the glove por- In testimony-whereof Ihave hereunto sub-' scribed my name this 27th day of November, 189i.

\VI LLIAM H. DALY.

Witnesses:

R0131; H. READ, GEORGE A. ADAMS.

